[Albion] Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Rodney Thomas]

Mitoma’s yellow was for pulling back Saka.

Which was mental. Saka was running towards his OWN goal!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Coming off second best to the league leaders, I am shocked

These are a very good side and I honestly think it will be their year this time around.

They were simply better than us, no yellow card impact though for the more important of the two games on Thursday.

 

[dwayne]

Being outplayed 4 times in 55 games I can just about live with

Think you're still missing the point lol.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Think you're still missing the point lol.

Hope life down with the kids in the big smokes around the world is still good

Posh chimneys still need sweeping wherever they are

 

[Questions]

Pedro is going to have to do a lot of work because Fergie is out of sorts and Danny CANNOT be rushed back.

 

[zefarelly]

Just got home

thoroughly enjoyable rail transportation as usual

Arsenal are much improved over last season. Rice is by far their best player. Less than impressed with the emirates . . . Like a computer game ground. Piss poor view from 20-7

Not so dissapointed we lost, and as much as I'd liked to have seen us have a go, their second goal confirmed they are very good on the break if you push up.

Marseilles and Palace are bigger games anyway.

 

[Dick Head]

Correct Dear Friend

it was a self refilling prophecy

 

[Taybha]

If there's a better English CB than Dunk right now, then my name's Gareth Southgate,that was just a brilliant display even in defeat,no shame whatsoever no losing to Arsenal away after what we put into Thursday night.

 

[OzMike]

I just woke up, oh dear.
Reading the match commentary didn't inspire me much.
Why were the old codgers starting ?
I thought the idea was to start bright, get a couple of goals and then get the older guys in mid second half to defend them.
Silly me, won't be watching later, not going by what I have just read.
Euro hangover ?

 

[Bod]

I just woke up, oh dear.
Reading the match commentary didn't inspire me much.
Why were the old codgers starting ?
I thought the idea was to start bright, get a couple of goals and then get the older guys in mid second half to defend them.
Silly me, won't be watching later, not going bt what I have just read.
Euro hangover ?

No. Just a complete misunderstanding of RDZs tactics for this game.

 

[GT49er]

No. Just a complete misunderstanding of RDZs tactics for this game.

The tactics that didn't work?

TBF though, Arsenal are a very good team, and were at home, so being not quite as good was probably more of a factor than tactics.

 

[jakarta]

Much that it pains me, I am going to email a well done to a good mate of mine who is a Gooner.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Without going back through all the comments, so I don’t know if this has been mentioned before, but I’ve never seen a shin guard as small as Jack Hinshelwood’s. When he lost it and the ref held it up, I thought he was showing someone a white card. The commentator said it was the world’s smallest shin guard.

Haha, I said to the chap stood next to me my bank card is bigger.

 

[BNthree]

Without going back through all the comments, so I don’t know if this has been mentioned before, but I’ve never seen a shin guard as small as Jack Hinshelwood’s. When he lost it and the ref held it up, I thought he was showing someone a white card. The commentator said it was the world’s smallest shin guard.

They’re all the rage with the young’uns playing grassroots football. No idea why as they’re useless.

 

[jackalbion]

A full strength arsenal are very good, disappointing at times today, but it is, what it is. Clearly a European hangover. We are limping along with injuries at the moment. We’re still a good side. I do wish some people would not just instantly go everyone is shit after one below average performance. I also hate the line “I paid my money and travelled to be here, and the players couldn’t be arsed” etc. A load of bollocks that, it’s number 1, the best team in the league, and number two it’s not even that far, imagine if you paid to watch us away at Oldham under Adam Mk 2 or something. We aren’t gonna win every game.

 

[BN41Albion]

Much that it pains me, I am going to email a well done to a good mate of mine who is a Gooner.

What did he contribute to the win?

 

[American Seagle]

Which was mental. Saka was running towards his OWN goal!

It must have been for kicking the ball away? Either way Arteta got him booked. I have no idea how he can complain about referees. He has them in his pocket.

 

[jakarta]

What did he contribute to the win?

He would have been there?

 

[Milano]

Not enough being said about Arsenal having two days more rest and the fact they were able to rest most of their main players on Tuesday. We were knackered. Although I was slightly surprised to see Milner at LB and Baleba not start.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Having slept on it, I think the Veltman injury was a real turning point in the game. The spell for 10 minutes or so before his injury was probably our best of the game, with spells keeping the ball in their half and probing, it felt like we were starting to grow into it. If you remember, we were playing almost a back three, Dunk was very wide left and Milner was staying high, Gross dropping in the libero role. After Hinshelwood came on we reverted to a back four, and couldn't maintain any possession in their half for pretty much the entire match, until the final throes of the game. RDZ's tactics for the game were pretty much shot at that moment.